please please. please . this is our see tonight a number of civilian hostages a dead with mall being held at gunpoint by islamic terrorists in algeria it's in retaliation for the french assault in neighboring mali but paris maintains its actions are justified we've got the latest for you this hour reporting to force to tackle the hostage crisis in algeria british prime minister david cameron yet again delays a long anticipated address aimed at tackling the issue of the u.k.'s future role within the european union. now the news the artistic director of russia's bolshoi theatre undergoes treatment for severe chemical burns to his face after an acid

attack which officials are linking to sinister professional rivalry. and does is ready voters prepared to head to the polls next tuesday we'll look into why prime minister binyamin netanyahu seeing his support way. if you just joined us one is kevin i mean this is our teen our top story the islamic terrorists are still holding an international group of hostages at a gas plant in algeria with the local military continuing their attempts to free the captives a number of civilians were killed during a blitz rescue attempt by forces which drew anger from the international community the militants say they were acting in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali but paris maintained it only therefore helps justify its campaign

as polly boyko reports tonight. wildly varying reports as to the number of casualties how many hostages are dead but we do know that at least two civilian workers two brits have been killed and up to as many as thirty more international hostages could be dead now these are peaceful civilians from all around the world that were working at the facility they've suddenly found themselves in the middle of this very dangerous situation where the algerian military have apparently been criticized for going in guns blazing you know the u.k. and the u.s. have already complained that they weren't really warned in advance that this rescue operation was taking place and they've got a number of citizens there at the moment it's very sketchy still what's going on but david cameron over in the u.k. has already warned britons to brace themselves for multiple casualties and for more

bad news potentially on the way so we're just trying to get a clearer picture of what's going on there at the moment many were very surprised at how quickly fronts wattle and jumped into this intervention just one week ago when the strikes in the north of mali began and of course with the crisis now the sakes with the crisis in algeria the stakes of really getting much higher we've got a number of civilian casualties from countries that aren't even fronts from the u.k. from britain from japan all in this very dangerous situation and a lot of political analysts saying that yes other terrorist attacks in retaliation for the french military offensive in mali are very much a possibility now we've also got critics over in the u.k. and in the u.s. saying that this is the place that the allies of france are now paying for supporting this intervention that was quite a hastily planned and a bit of surprise announcement last week so of course france while london needs to

spin. the crisis to cities own needs and he said that the behavior of these militants in the very brutal reports that we're receiving from the gas compound in algeria that justifies he says the french military intervention in mali up until a few days ago almost two thirds of the french public supported this military intervention in mali but for francois hollande that could change very very quickly as we're seeing these civilian casualties pile up i mean we know that we had civilian casualties in the ground in mali you know throughout the course of last week but this crisis has really upped the stakes with a number of western casualties and other countries now being dragged into the situation this is turning into a very sticky and difficult situation for all and and of course this is a man who was voted in last year in france for his rather peaceful credentials he

actually said that he wanted to cut his paternalistic ties with former french colonies but we've seen him jump into this conflict very very quickly and a lot of political analysts are also saying that it could turn into a real quagmire and that these islamist groups these al qaeda linked groups could actually be much stronger in the region then the french previously anticipated so it could turn into a much longer conflict than anybody thought for a publicist says mali is turning into a jew political battle ground war for the region's resources now. ali is a strategic lynchpin in that it borders our journey which is one of the top goals of various it all interventions from friends from from the u.s. and others. mauritania that the course he took you know fossil and all of this is just swimming in untapped resources whether people all going to use carbon or what

will you i think i think we're seeing a very cynical game being played out here in mali and it's a very dangerous one what africa's suddenly becoming a cardinal that's been discovered by china by us by europe and the rest of the world as the next place where untold wealth and resources can be and we capture. where mandela there we want to know what you think the fallout from the algeria hostage crisis is going to be head to our web site if you get a moment r.t. dot com you can take part in our latest online poll if you have already thank you this is what you've been telling us as you can see on the screens there this hour slightly less of you think there's a miss will join forces nestlé the conflict in north africa a third if you believe it will lead to a large scale nato led libya style campaign seventeen percent of you they're predicting the iraq reoccupation of mali by france only four percent who are expecting western troops to withdraw amid growing pressure on french president so

all on so still plenty of time to have your say log on to r.t. dot com and you can change that chart tonight. british prime minister has warned the u.k. to prepare for bad news meantime as around ten british citizens are in militant captivity. the crosses forced david cameron indeed to perspire his long awaited address on britain's status within the e.u. which he was due to deliver on friday do things about that tonight for marty's surface now. going hostage situation in algeria of course that was the reason for the postponement but of course he's seen some of the extracts coming out of that speech that he was key to give in the netherlands today and certainly there was some strong words in it he said that there was a gap between the and the citizens and that if something wasn't done to address these challenges that europe could cause the speech that would have been given this is really considered a very pivotal point in his leadership and

a hugely important speech the extraction a quite a positive tone actually overall perhaps more positive than many of the euro skeptics would have liked to see he has some points on it that he talks about in sort of growing and building this relationship with the now we know that there was thought going to be put on the table the possibility of a referendum deal that would take place after the twenty fifth the general election a lot of concern here that that will leave britain a can two years of uncertainty but actually what the prime minister was going to highlight is this would be starting the firing guns say to speak on the big debate over britain's relationship with the e.u. we haven't heard yet when the next date will be after this latest because payment of course is seen as being still a number of times already so there's a lot of concern sort of the the talk around this that all the hype around this is building has it really being seen as having contributed hugely to helping get

clarity on this issue and i think what people are going to be looking for from the speech when it eventually comes is for some clarity in leadership. sara for british conservative party politician the director of the bridge group says david cameron could no longer delay solving this longstanding problem he needs to set a clear course of what he's going to be doing regarding the european union have a clear distinctive workable policy to fail to do that just keeps the speculation going and keeps the infighting in the conservative party continuing so really he needs to get a grip on this policy as soon as possible and perhaps not try and delight having a referendum till some time after the next general election that's even if he is prime minister but hold it before that would be the best way to end the uncertainty and so we know exactly where we are going britain pays billions each year to the european union we have enormous costs put on the british economy as

a result of excessive e.u. regulation and e.u. policies they just don't work for this country it's more of a hindrance than it is a help to the british economy and of course it undermines our own democracy and the option is quite simply to either stay in the european union as it is which doesn't work for many different people or course leave the european union and negotiate a basis of a relationship that's purely built around trade and the sooner david cameron delivers the wishes of the british people and returns power or exits the european union the better. the ups to rector of moscow's bolshoi theater sergei filin is being treated in hospital tonight for a severe chemical burns after a masked man pulled acid in his face in central moscow phil will have to undergo extensive treatment now in belgium an attempt to try to save his sight of his lecture port well the bolshoi theatre the pride and joy of the russian culture is celebrating exactly one hundred eighty eight years since it was created but

definitely this birthday celebration has been marred by this gruesome attack on a statistic director so gay feeling was returning from work on thursday night when and notified man called him out by his name sygate turned around to respond and the man reportedly threw a ball of acid into his face we know that sergei filin was taken to a hospital and the doctors have been battling to save his eyesight in the latest information we received that sergei filin will most likely be travelling to belgium to have treatment there the prosecutor's office has launched an investigation a criminal case to determine who stands behind this attack but the bolshoi press officer said that sergei was intimidated for several months his car tires were slashed human seed threatening phone calls and his facebook page was hacked as as we saw in the hollywood movie the black swan definitely the big stage is certainly a rather conflict zone and there is some infighting happening behind the scenes the

bolshoi theatre has never been an exception to that there have been stories of some serious infighting hard to get roles to get a prima ballerina positions we had heard many revelations from former artists of the bolshoi on that still we talked to the colleagues and employees of the feeling we were all shell shocked at what happened. it's an incredibly difficult day for us the dons companies an enormous shock it's really hot speak as with always we're told to shoulder with it's a brutal crime and i hope those responsible will be found and punished seriously he brought up a special katif inside spirit. the company he brought up a lot of new dancers and bali had a lot of new productions to make and my personal feeling it was that inside the company it was a great feeling of mutual company inspiration but surely somebody was unhappy was that despite all the infighting and despite the fact that sygate was the one who was assigning all the roles in the bolshoi theatre still the bolshoi never made

criminal had lines and this attack is something completely outrageous for other bolshoi theater but definitely everyone is waiting for the results of the destination for some of these preliminary data from the security authorities to see whether this could have been inside job and whether somebody inside the bolshoi theatre could have been responsible for this terrible attack. yes q there months after concern the devastated america's east coast survivors homes remain in squalid later on that we report on why they all getting the necessary support from the government they need as they look to rebuild their lives and homes.

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logan polls conducted by two israeli newspapers are just prime minister benjamin netanyahu set to win the upcoming parliamentary poll in just four days time yet his support appears to be dwindling tonight with many right wing voters now regarding policies to soft. looks into what challenges he could face that if reelected. he's the surprise success story of israel's election campaign the one twin millionaire uses a palestinian state would be suicide for israel naftali bennett used to work for prime minister netanyahu but now he's working at taking supporters away from him like this man who used to be a diehard supporter of netanyahu so we could party until these elections world around the likud is. a bus full of right wing members of knesset with a left wing person driving the bus. as far as being i mean.

even though i am opposed to it. i would say most members of the likud obviously is for it the irony is that while the world sees netanyahu as a want to leader at home he's losing face among supporters for not being focused enough this is part of the right wing campaign he's up against there are some things we all know one never happen and the sopranos will never return for another season climbs the line with drawn our pro and a peace agreement with the palestinians will not happen promises like this have been a jewish home party in food position it's poised to take more than twelve percent of parliamentary seats analysts say little yahoo was still expected to serve another term is running scared he's up his refrain i say in the most clear of terms the western wall is not occupied territory i don't care what the un says we will

build in jerusalem because it's our right not on your hands we could list has grown even more right wing with radicals like this woman high up in the pecking order if . the league would be taken apart it is a party with values the state of israel is a state of the jews whose eternal capital. but what will be the implications of such rhetoric after the elections many israelis are asking themselves about the day after will netanyahu become more rightwing and risk to join israel into conflicts with its neighbors or will he back down and risk losing face among his supporters. is hoping for the latter that netanyahu will listen to world opinion and reach a compromise with the palestinians he knows all too well what the current cycle of violence can bring speakers daughter was killed in a suicide bombing seventeen years ago. we don't have unfortunately in the center

and the left. a leader who is significantly charismatic to lead this country and give its people hope the left is also divided but i do think netanyahu will find a way to compromise because of world pressure but that compromise won't come easy enough to the bennett solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is to annex most of the west bank while allowing palestinians limited self-will in the west and while that might not seem a possible idea to most of the international community it's exactly what his constituency wants to hear a fact netanyahu is acutely aware of policy r.t. television. well r.t. is going to be closely following the campaign trail in israel for you including the election next tuesday and for in-depth coverage of him stay tuned to r.t. and also visit our website on r.t. dot com. how will tension with to run develop will settlement expansion isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america will netanyahu survive his snap election on january twenty second. israel decides what r.t.

. it's been reported that russia's former defense minister could find himself in the center of a criminal case and i told you so the coffs know being investigated of relegations of abusing his power the probes already revealed that some top defense officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a military vacation facility belonging to city because brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a multi-million dollar investment scandal for several months now and literally sort of caught himself was fired by president putin in november and he's been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former colleagues. other world news of late rather talks officials from the u.n. nuclear watchdog are returning from iran without securing a deal on investigating suspected atomic bomb research i am spector's have been denied access to a military site which they've been trying to get inside for years or more talks show jule than in mid february now the u.s.

and israel of long accused iran of efforts to develop nuclear weapons that's something that denies. greek lawmakers have turned on a former finance minister accused of hampering attacks probe they voted to investigate george peppard constantino over claims that he removed his relatives names from a list of tax evasion suspects called a guard list of france handed over the names of more than two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts constantino claims that he's a scapegoat though he denies any wrongdoing greece is on a major tax crackdown these days as it battles his worst ever financial crisis. friday violence in syria seen a rocket hit a building in the northern city of aleppo and two car bombs explode in the country south as well both the rebels and the government blaming each other three days ago twin blasts in aleppo university killed eighty seven rebels and islamic militants linked to al qaeda are now targeting military bases across syria tried to defeat president. you and estimates the number of dead in the conflicts now climbed to

over sixty thousand. victims of hurricane sandy will finally get the fifty one billion dollar aid they desperately need the u.s. house of representatives approved the package it took lawmakers over two months to act while the storm survivors struggled with next to no support as honest as it shook and it reports. a gorgeous beach turned coast area the rockaways in queens one of the places hit hardest by hurricane sandy to one half months ago still in shambles today miles and miles of devastated businesses residential buildings and houses like this one a place some family probably used to call home now almost literally hanging by a thread with almost zero chance of ever being rebuilt few locals on the collapsed boardwalk most of them in dire need of help this man who chose to remain anonymous

to to government related work survived hurricane katrina his hopes of recovery post sandy are meager never going to move you still go parts of alabama louisiana mississippi where it got hit with katrina was other areas they've been touched yet after sandy hit and lead october he spent over a month with no electricity heat or hot water and thirty degree weather bamer three times i feel the creation of three times our guts or politicians have their per hour here. the folks here that put him in office the least on the a list money looks better in your pocket then is spending it on something that may get washed away again i had to replace my. water heater retired local roberta hof was currently burning building her walls floors em stairs says the destruction after the hurricane has been immense we don't have a movie theater we don't have the hospital it's gone the banks and finally opening

now it's two and a half months it looks like you're actually after a war or after knowing in afghanistan or something. and most of the help in hurricane affected areas has come from volunteers i didn't see too much of the red cross to be truth it was volunteers who have often been affected by sandy themselves like a man use of from staten island actually it was like a foot on top of it that's how much it was the water his house deemed unsafe after the hurricane is about to be demolished the only think we need is the plants the funding. to get you know we were getting like to post since we were going to get the ninety percent that's a mystery we need a check from god that's what we for a month and a half a man lived in this tent where he also set up a help center for the community somewhere a lot of people coming there are still sick seven hundred people. a day six seven hundred yes yes. all of these people victims of sandy everybody around here please

go up to them they'll tell you the same thing they said you know they handed me a sandwich and a blanket and i was in water up to my chest and they said hey see you later oh by the way i want to exit the truck occupy sandy a child of the occupy wall street movement has been a big part of the recovery effort to even praised by the n.y.p.d. what we have is a lot of people coming in here and not knowing where to turn and some of them are in tears and you know it's very hard to tell them that help is coming and you hear all this talk about it the nine billion this is the one doing it that would be a big help if it actually got to communities while politicians seem to have perfected the skill of arguing over how much cash to spend on relief aid getting money and help to ordinary people who needed right now is clearly a skill that is yet to be learned and our new york. on the web site right tell you about a man that fell off a try this in a joke a man that fell off a trade in a freezing siberian fellas wearing only a t.

shirt sweat pants and slippers is no joke he could have died didn't he survive from home and it's not a sin. to be beautiful who says that a top of vatican cleric graces the cover of vanity fair with this saying about and more again head to our website. it's a twenty five most good time thanks ever so much for being with us our programs continue got some great ones lined up tonight after the break we're breaking the set with our teams have been mounted. congress's approval rating has hit an all time low never has american record history been so disappointed with the lawmaking body the united states even former

arkansas governor mike huckabee said that their approval ratings are just barely above a pedophile so i guess that's good news for the disgusting pedophiles out there so you won't be the most hated group in america anymore but i don't think this statistic reflects the quality of government but so much the quality of the governed in some small country with a hard to pronounce name if the government became that unpopular the country would simply collapse but no matter how many wars congress gets involved in and no matter how many jobs are shipped overseas or no matter how much the american dream gets stamped out everyone still rallies around obama and votes democrat and republican this popularity rating doesn't show how effective the government is it shows how arrogant they are because they seem to have no fear whatsoever of getting reelected or being punished in any way for their bad behavior so you know congress i have to save you keep up the good work go for one percent popularity and maybe someone will actually do something about you but that's just my opinion.

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anything like this until. aloha welcome to breaking the set i'm your host abby martin let's talk about the west african nation of mali as i anticipate what we're hearing a lot more about in the coming weeks over the last few days french troops have been deployed to the country to counter-guerrilla forces and aid their army to reclaim areas occupied by militant groups so why should we care about this all because back in december the state department and treasury announced that two extremist groups existed in mali and movement for unity and jihad in west africa and officially labeled them as terrorist groups mali has been and remains an area where the u.s. routinely carries out unmanned drone operations and this past monday defense

secretary leon panetta announced that quote we have a responsibility to make sure that al qaeda is not a stablish a base for operations in north africa and moly. they might not have in any immediate plans for attacks in the u.s. and europe alternately that still remains their objective but france already engaged in a ground offensive the question remains how long before the u.s. joins them there the irony here is that the u.s. government has aligned itself with military leaders that ousted mollies did democratically elected leadership last month a point that would make u.s. intervention in the country illegal according to you was a lot of the whole situation is starting to blur the line between the good guys and the bad guys so if the thought of yet another convoluted war abroad to fight terrorism irks you like it does me stick around because i'm breaking that set. a little more of you are she going to be like.